Love this show.
Anyone else agree?
Yes. The live action version was a travesty in comparison. I have all the episodes on DVD.
I wish I had all the episodes.
I took a long time to make it to DVD, but there is a set out there. Great stuff.
The TV show I thought had a great cast, but it seemed they didn't own the full rights to all the characters, Only Tick and Arthur, or any of the stories or villians. They had no budget for special effects (or apparently writers) and so went for raunchy humor. Not at all what the Tick was about.
Batmanuel I thought was a good twist if you didn't have the rights to Die Fledermaus. But the floozy they had on the show was a very poor substitute for American Maid
Full of great lines and quotes:
'Not in the face. Not in the face.'
'Homer. The Iliad.Read a book!'
'Like a great blue salmon of justice, the mighty Tick courses upstream to the very spawning grounds of Evil.'
And I recall a great line from Der Fleudermous when he confronts bad guys on the roof being something like 'What dark denizens dare enter my domain' And then they kicked his butt.
So many more. A fantastic cartoon.
"Look out, Arthur! It's a Yule tide!"
i love the cartoon dearly, but have been forced to watch it on youtube as there doesn't seem to be a single copy of the dvds in my entire town. but seriously, what other superhero provides his own narration?
"What is rational thouht? just a one trick pony."
"But when your good and crazy, the sky is the limit."
I think that is how the line went.
Interviewer: "Could you, in fact, destroy the world?"
Tick: "Egad! I hope not! That's where I keep all my stuff!"
Berry:"Where's the jerk who calls himself the Tick."
Tick:"I'am that jerk."
"Multiple Santa is comin' to town!"
CHA
And my second favorite:
"Spooooooooon!"
Favorite episodes?
Evil...bad!...city...good!...hey wait a minute! Evil IS bad!
I am the Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnight. So I says to her I says, YEAH BABY! YEAH!
I don't know the meaning of the word "surrender". I mean, I know it, I'm not dumb... just not in this context.
My personal top ten:
1) That Mustache Feeling
2) The Tick vs. Science
3) The Tick vs. Proto-Clown
4) The Tick vs. the Mole Men
5) The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account
6) The Tick vs. Filth
7) The Tick vs. the Uncommon Cold
8) Ants in Pants!
9) The Tick loves Santa!
10) Devil in Diapers/ Heroes
Eating kittens is just plain... plain WRONG! And no one should do it EVER!
...as you can probably tell by my handle, I'm a big fan. (Since the orginal comics.) SURF'S UP, SPACE PONIES -- I'M MAKIN' GRAVY WITHOUT THE LUMPS!!!!!
Does anyone know why those two episodes were taken off the two DVD releases? I know it had something to do with legal reasons.
The episodes were "the Tick vs the molemen"(season 1) and Alone "Together"(season 2).
Don't know. Apparently the reason it's vague is because they don't want to publicly discuss it while legal proceedings are still going on. Though one site I read cited the Mole Men episode as being the "weakest" of the season. I disagree.
"Aaah! Our eyes! Our overdeveloped, subterranean eyes!"
"Must. . . have. . . soup."
Don't know. Apparently the reason it's vague is because they don't want to publicly discuss it while legal proceedings are still going on. Though one site I read cited the Mole Men episode as being the "weakest" of the season. I disagree.
"Aaah! Our eyes! Our overdeveloped, subterranean eyes!"
Copyright issues with the Galactus parody in "Alone Together" would be a reasonable guess. (Though, seeing as that was far from the most blatant parody they did, it's odd to think that was the step too far for Marvel...)
As far as the Mole Men... maybe Cindy Crawford doesn't have a sense of humor?
And I agree that episode is far from the worst.
Mole King: Why live up here on the crust when you can be with me in the soily filling of the sweet earth pie?
Larry: Better than it sounds!
As far as the Mole Men... maybe Cindy Crawford doesn't have a sense of humor?
That was brought up as a common rumor in one article I read, but they didn't seem to think it was the case. Perhaps the problems with both episodes come from the same source? Mole men are like wise featured in Marvel comics...
Don't know. Apparently the reason it's vague is because they don't want to publicly discuss it while legal proceedings are still going on. Though one site I read cited the Mole Men episode as being the "weakest" of the season. I disagree.
"Aaah! Our eyes! Our overdeveloped, subterranean eyes!"
Copyright issues with the Galactus parody in "Alone Together" would be a reasonable guess. (Though, seeing as that was far from the most blatant parody they did, it's odd to think that was the step too far for Marvel...)
As far as the Mole Men... maybe Cindy Crawford doesn't have a sense of humor?
And I agree that episode is far from the worst.
Mole King: Why live up here on the crust when you can be with me in the soily filling of the sweet earth pie?
Larry: Better than it sounds!
Considering that Satire laws are very clear, and that the show was built on parody and satire, Marvel really doesn't have a leg to stand on in prohibiting the release of the episodes.
What I want to know is... Has anyone in the US actually gotten more than Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD? The Tick Vs. Season 3 hasn't been released outside the UK, to the best of my knowledge. :(
"You get that one little wooden boy."
"You get that one little wooden boy."
What's that, little wooden boy? Danger to the EAST?!
Handy is my favorite character. I like how Arthur is the one who ends up fighting him and at first is losing to him. I mean, how does one lose a fight with a hand puppet?
Tick: "How ya doin' up there, Arthur?"
Arthur: "I can taste your back."
"Susan?!"
While i agree the live action was weak (I only saw one or two episodes) they did have a few witty lines.
"Yes. Well, not everyone is BatManuel. In fact, only I am."
"Susan?!"
"Now you're doing it on purpose."